Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10 　　(Read Ephesians 2:1-10) 　　Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, and has left nothing but the ruins of a man. But if...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Proverbs 20:3 　　(Read Proverbs 20:3) 　　To engage in quarrels is the greatest folly that can be. Yield, and even give up just demands, for peace' sake. 　　Proverbs 20:3 In-Context 　　1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise. 　　2 A king's wrath strikes terror like...

　　Romans 8:35,38-39 In-Context 　　33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 　　34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 　　35 Who shall separate us from the...

　　Micah 7:18 In-Context 　　16 Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears will become deaf. 　　17 They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the Lord...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Matthew 7:7-11 　　(Read Matthew 7:7-11) 　　Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the way. Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost;...

　　Isaiah 26:9 In-Context 　　7 The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. 　　8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,Or judgmentswe wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. 　　9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit...

　　John 3:16 In-Context 　　14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,The Greek for lifted up also means exalted . 　　15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21. 　　16 For God so loved the world that he gave his...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Ephesians 5:22-33 　　(Read Ephesians 5:22-33) 　　The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on 1 John 4:7-13 　　(Read 1 John 4:7-13) 　　The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law of God is love; and all...

　　Psalm 34:8 In-Context 　　6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. 　　7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. 　　8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 　　9 Fear the Lord, you...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Psalm 119:9-16 　　(Read Psalm 119:9-16) 　　To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom and strength, and to depend upon God, proves the purpose of holiness...

　　1 Corinthians 15:58 In-Context 　　56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 　　57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 　　58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you...